Pseudonympha gaika

Pseudonympha gaika, the Gaika brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa in the Eastern Cape, then along the Amathole Mountains, the north-east of the Witteberg and from Lesotho to KwaZulu-Natal near the Drakensberg.

Pseudonympha gaika
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Pseudonympha
Species:
P. gaika
Binomial name
Pseudonympha gaika
Riley, 1938[2]
Synonyms
  • Pseudonympha trimenii gaika Riley, 1938

The wingspan is 46–48 mm for males and 48–52 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to February. There is one generation per year.[3]

The larvae probably feed on Poaceae grasses.

References
  1. Cockburn, K.N.A. 2020. Pseudonympha gaika (amended version of 2020 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T161329014A175068762. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T161329014A175068762.en. Downloaded on 08 August 2021.
  2. "Pseudonympha Wallengren, 1857" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
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